Sock Yarn Flash

There ya go guys, my pitiful little sock yarn stash--all 22 skeins (I have 4 on the way from Briggs and Little Mill . I bought some of their Sport to be used for socks for me and future Christmas gifts.) In a previous post I went through and named each skein and colorway, if I remembered. In my big, beautiful, antique salad bowl there is enough yarn to make 17 pairs of adult socks, with the addition of the B&L, I'll have enough for 21 pairs. If anyone would like to help me augment my stash, I'd be more than happy to accept donations :o)

I forgot to mention yesterday that I bought a cool lightbulb at Walmart. I assume that it's something like an OTT light, but never having seen one in the wild, I can't say for sure. It's made by Lights of America, but I cannot find the specific light on their site. It's a compact fluorescent that fits in a regular light socket--gives off 100W but only uses 25W, and is called a Sunlight bulb. "Natural spectrum light--Provides soothing glare free light--Enjoy natural daylight indoors."~~from the packaging. I think I paid around $8.50 for it. Tried it out last night, and WOW! I was working on my FLAK, and it brought out every little shade of color in the yarn, just as the outside light does. Bright, clear, white light. It was amazing how much darker the room seemed when I turned it off, even though there were other lights on in the room. Shocking how yellow the light from a regular bulb seems after using the new one. I should have taken comparison photos with an incandescant light and the new one, but I didn't think of it then. I'll try to remember to get one or two one evening this weekend. I noticed that there are LOTS of these compact fluorescent lights around--even GE and Phillips had some out on display. Seems that these are fairly new in our Walmart--I don't recall seeing anything like these last time I bought regular light bulbs.